Edinburgh Castle : April 25 1719 : church portch : entrance /
Jelfe, Andrews,active 1704-1759.
cartographic

1719.
This plan is part of the series of plans drawn up by the architect Andrews Jelfe, while strengthening and extending Edinburgh Castle in 1719. Jelfe was responsible for major reconstruction of many of the fortifications in Scotland in the year 1719, including, Dumbarton, Stirling and Fort William. He was also one of the people responsible for the building of the four Highland forts at Bernera, Inversnaid, Kiliwhimen and Ruthven, at this period.  The plan shows three components of building work proposed for the church porch at Edinburgh Castle, including the new steps.
This plan and one of its companions (at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/02c), and the two copies at shelfmarks MS.1645.Z.02/02b and MS.1645.Z.02/02d have been signed by Jelfe, although he may not have actually drawn them. Two of the plans, one of the copies, and an unsigned plan from this set, at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/10, were drawn and annotated by the same person, but the copy at shelfmark MS.1645.Z.02/02b has different handwriting. A set of five plans relating to these were drawn for Jelfe by Thomas Moore (who signed them), just prior to these, and are at shelfmarks MS.1645.Z.02/01a to MS.1645.Z.02/01e.
At top left: [No.1], elevation labelled "Church Portch", with measurements and letter coding.
To right of porch elevation: "No. 2", detailed drawing labelled "Entrance",  with measurements, and letter coding.
At bottom left: [No.] "(3)", plan of porch with measurements, and one section in yellow, and one in grey.
To right of No. 3: instructions about building materials, related to letters and colour coding.
Below No. 3: rudimentary scale bar, apparently graded 0-10, with notation to right "10 Feet."
In bottom right hand corner: title of plan, date, signature "A. Jelfe" and "B.4.F.9 [2?]".
Stamped in red with "B.O" and upwards arrow.
Has watermarks.
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